That's impressive - I wish there was a retro clone with that sort of production values (and product support). As much as I like the OSR, if it doesn't move beyond a fan-hobbyist perspective and into real business, it's not going to affect many people

Kinda on the fence in regards to the game itself( old school style D&D is already plenty tough ) but that sure is one beautiful lookin' tome. None the less, If I buy it or not, my hat's of to you Sir Goodman.

I got the stock cover and I think it's pretty awesome as well. The pages are very thick. It's about 70 fewer pages than my Pathfinder Core Rulebook and still about 15 % thicker overall (but oddly, the book is lighter weight). I hope the binding holds up.

Don't be fooled by the size. If you removed the art (which is literally overflowing, no other RPG I own compares to this in sheer amount) and reduced the font, which is surprisingly large, I bet you could reduce this to about 200 pages. Of that only a small portion is rules and most of it would be taken up by the massive spell tables, monster section, and two included adventures.

If I saw this on the shelves I probably wouldn't even consider it buying it due to it's size. It looks like it is going to have the complexity of Pathfinder but it's very misleading. It's almost shocking to think how much this could have been reduced in size to save on costs and I applaud Goodman Games for going all out here on production value.

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